Collector Sagili Shanmohan at a gathering with medical officers from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, in Chittoor on Saturday.
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Collector Sagili Shanmohan on Saturday directed the Medical and Health Department officers to intensify surveillance on the scanning centres and illegal medical practices in the cities and villages bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The Collector was addressing a gathering on the efficient implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, (PC&PNDT Act) held right here. Medical officers from Tiruvallur, Tirupattur, Vellore, and Krishnagiri from Tamil Nadu and Kolar in Karnataka attended the assembly.
The Collector mentioned a particular vigil was underway to forestall the unauthorised use of ultrasound scanning machines in the district.
The Medical Officers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka introduced to the discover of the Collector that following the prohibition of medical observe by quacks in their States, some of them had shifted their operations to the Chittoor district.
They additionally raised the difficulty of the harmless public in the border villages and cities approaching the quacks and expressed considerations over the extreme well being issues and dangers these individuals may expose themselves to.
The Collector sought the medical and paramedical workers to usually examine the areas weak to illegal use of scanning machines and abortions of feminine fetuses.
Mr. Shanmohan additionally requested the officers to focus on stopping the misuse of the medicine used in abortions.
District Immunization Officer P. Ravi Raju noticed that there have been as many as 49 scanning centres in Chittoor district. He mentioned that there have been strict directions that the machines must be operated by radiologists and skilled medical professionals solely.
“All the existing scanning machines and any newly purchased ones should be brought to the notice of the Medical and Health Department authorities,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Collector knowledgeable the District Medical and Health Officer to organize a gathering for the registered medical practitioners in the district to conduct consciousness classes on the PC&PNDT Act.
